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Charlotte O'Sullivan

Red Rocket movie review: let Sean Baker’s hustler tale fly you to the moon

Red Rocket

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It feels like a Boogie Nights spin-off. This new indie comedy from Sean “The Florida Project” Baker traces the links between poverty and the porn industry. As well as being filthy, droll and almost unbearably tense, it offers great news for anyone too broke to go to drama school.

One of its leads, Suzanna Son, looks like the young Julianne Moore and displays similar levels of talent. She was spotted, by Baker, standing outside a cinema. How’s that for a no-cost launch?

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